John Strawson was a contributor to the Word Crimes issue of Israel Studies Journal. He also taught in the Law Center at Birzeit University on the West Bank from 1996-2006. In this personal reflection on the controversy he argues that…
read moreThe following is Judea Pearl’s speech at the fourth annual UCLA Jewish Graduation on June 16. Dean [Maria] Blandizzi, friends, families, distinguished guests and especially you, the graduates. I am deeply honored by the opportunity to address this graduating class,…
read moreEighty civil-rights, religious and education organizations on Thursday wrote to California State University (CSU) chancellor Timothy White to alert him about San Francisco State University professor Rabab Abdulhadi’s “hateful” posting and to demand that he take immediate action to address…
read more(photo credit: CBS/Facebook) Times Square has been a popular target for a number of Muslim terrorist plots and attacks. The latest one was allegedly the work of Ashiqul Alam, a Muslim settler living in Queens. Sources told CBS2 that Ashiqul Alam was…
read moreThe U.S. Department of Education announced on Monday that it will investigate an anti-Semitic and anti-Israel conference in March hosted jointly by Duke University and the University of North Carolina. This was in response to U.S. Rep. George Holding sending U.S.…
read moreEditors’ note: Jason D. Hill is a professor of philosophy at DePaul University in Chicago. Below is his Open Letter to Attorney General, William Barr making the argument to disband Students for Justice in Palestine and all BDS movements. Mr. Attorney General, On…
read moreWhen the Israel Studies journal published the special edition of its Summer 2019 issue focusing on the use of language to delegitimize Israel, the issue’s guest editors were accused of seeking to shut down debate and the academic merit of their work was called…
read moreWestern academic, artistic, cultural, and student organizations have been led to believe that PACBI is a global grassroots organization. This report refutes that assumption. PACBI has been unmasked as a Palestinian Authority-based organization that serves as the de-facto operational arm…
read moreLet’s talk about anti-Semitism at @GeorgeMasonU. The second time I came to campus was for accepted students day. I ran into a club tabling called @GMUSAIA. I didn’t really have too much of an opinion on the conflict, but when…
read moreThe new issue of the journal Israel Studies has caused an international controversy, initially in academia, but now stretching well beyond the ivory tower. ‘Word Crimes: Reclaiming the Language of the Israel-Palestinian Conflict’ sought to challenge what the editors and contributors considered an often delegitimising language used…
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